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How researchers are using modeling to track the COVID surge

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Minnesota has the nation’s worst seven-day rate of new COVID-19 infections. The surge in cases is concerning to many families who are preparing for the long holiday weekend. So what can we expect in the coming weeks, and who is making that prediction?

On Minnesota Now, host Cathy Wurzer talked about it with Curtis Storlie, a health science researcher at Mayo Clinic. He has been one of the statisticians working on Mayo’s COVID task force and helped set an algorithm to gauge the rate of spread.

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